MELASTOMACE^. XXXII. Ch.etogastra. 



753 



down ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, S-nerved, quite entire, 



^ 



S. Native about the Havannah, in Cuba, where we have 



ciliated, glabrous on both surfaces, except the nerves, which are seen it growing in plenty, at very little distance from the town, 



downy ;^ flowers terminal, solitary; calyx turbinate, pubescent ; . D. C. coll. 1. t. 7. It is very nearly allied to the precedinir 



connectives of anthers drawn out in a simple, thick, conical --^--'— i— -i-^-^ v. .i i • . -^ . , * . » 

 spur each, Tj . S. Native of Peru, on Mount Quindiu and 



near I'opayan, where it is called Flor de Mayo. Rhexia spe- 

 ciosa, Bonpl. rhex. t. 4. Habit of Cistus ladaniferus. Flowers 

 large, of a rose-purplish colour. 



species, but differs in the leaves being broader, cymes shorter, 

 and in the connectives of the anthers being hardly evident. 



Havanna 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 C. ScHiEDEA'NA(Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaca, 5. p. 5QQ.) 

 suffruticose ; branches terete, beset with adpressed hairs ; leaves 

 on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 3«nerved, ohso- 



6^/ion;?/ Chaetogastra. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. ^ , , „,„ ^ 



2 C. reticula'ta (D. C. I. c.) branches clothed with rufous letely serrulated, strigose on both surfaces and ciliated on the 



^vilh; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse at the base, acu- margins; cymes terminal and axillary, 3-5-fluwered; flowers 



minated at the apex, denticulated, 5-nerved, beset with bristles on short 



on the upper surface, which are bullate at the base, reticulated spatulate 



minated at the apex, denticulated, 5-nerved, beset with bristles on short pedicels ; calyx strigose, campanulate, with linear- 



. - '. - * segments, which arc about equal in length to the 



beneath, and hairy on the nerves ; flowers few, terminal ; calyx petals, which are obovate ; connectives of anthers hiauriculatc 



villous; connectives of anthers drawn out into a simple, slender at the base. Pj • S. Native of Mexico, near Misantla. Flowers 



Rhexia 



spur each ; ovarium toothed at the apex. T2 

 Peru, on Mount 



reticulata, Bonpl. rhex. t. 9. Flowers large, violaceous. Style 

 very long. 



ReticulatedA^diyedi Chgetogastra. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



Native of rose-coloured. 



Var. /?, macrdntha (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaca. 5. p. 566.) 

 flowers purple, double the size of those of the species ; petals 

 twice the length of the calycine lobes ; seeds small, white, 

 cochleate. 



Schiede^s Chaetogastra. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



7 C, Hi'sPiDA (D, C. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, tetragonal, his- 



Sect. II. Diotanthe'ea (from hiQy dis, two, ovc (otoq, ous pid ; leaves petiolate, oval, attenuated at the base, and acumin- 



otosy an ear, and avOj/joa, anthera, an anther ; in reference to the ated at the apex, 5-nervcd, hardly serrulated, (lateral nerves 



connectives of the anthers being drawn out into a bifid spur or confluent at the base,) villous above, hispid on the nerves be- 



2 auricles), 

 bractless 



D. C. prod. 3. p. 131, Tube of calyx obovate 

 lobes 5. Connectives of anthers drawn out into a 

 or two auricles at the base. Flowers white or rose- 



nea 



bifid spur 



coloured. 



3 C. lanceola'ta (D. C. 1. c.) stem herbaceous, rather tetra- 

 gonal, clothed with ' 



terminal, disposed in a thyrse ; calyx ovate, villous, with subu- 

 late lobes ; connectives of anthers very short, furnished with 2 very 

 short tubercles at the base of each. IZ. S. Native of Brazil. 



^ adpressed 

 ^illi ; leaves petiolate, broad-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, serrulately 

 ciliated, 5-nerved, villous on both 



FIG, 110. 



constitute but one species. 



HavanensiSf an 

 Flowers white. 



mous, 



trichoto- 



surfaces ; peduncles 



axillary, and terminal ; 

 tube of calyx ovate, rather longer 

 Aan the subulate lobes, which 

 are reflexed and ciliated ; con- 

 nectives of anthers drawn out into 

 * didymous spur at the base. 

 t)« S. Native of Peru and Tri- 

 J^dad. Hook, hot. mag. 2836. 

 Rhexia flexuosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 ^^; 8. p. 85. t. 320. f. 6. 

 Rhexia lanceolata, Bonpl. rhex. 



J- 21. but not of Walt, or Poir. 



Osbeckia lanceolata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 312. Lateral nerves 

 ^f leaves rather concrete at the base on both sides. Flowers 

 white. 



Lanceolate Aesived Chsetogastra. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



/Ti 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



8 C. HYFERicoiDEs (D. C. 1. c) plant erect, simple, densely 

 clothed with canescent villi ; leaves oval, on short petioles, acute, 

 7-nerved ; panicles axillary and terminal, leafy, loose ; tube of 

 calyx ovate, longer than the lobes ; petals obovate, liardly ex- 

 ceeding the calycine lobes. O. S. Native of Guiana, 

 marshes. 



JG8. 



m 

 Rhexia 



Melastoma villosa, Aubl. guian. 1. p 

 villosissima. Rich, in Bonpl. rhex. t. 31. Flowers small, white. 

 Connectives of anthers drawn out into 2 elongated auricles. 

 Ovarium bristly at the apex. 



St. John' S'Wort -like Chaetogastra. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



9 C. LYCHNiTOiDES (D. C. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, erect ; stem 

 almost simple, densely beset with spreading hairs; leaves ses- 



sile, 



oval, acute, clothed with adpressed silky villi, 7-nervedj 



crowded 



4 C. LONGiFOLiA (D. C. V^^' ^- P* ^2^') ^^^^ herbaccous, 

 -"gular, beset with adpressed pili ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, 

 elongated, acuminate, pilose, 5-nerved ; lateral nerves concrete 

 "* *^" base : panicle axillary, dichotomous, shorter than the 



quite entire ; thyrse elongated ; flowers bracteatc, 

 on the peduncles ; calyx villous, with an ovate tube, nearly 

 twice the length of the lobes, which are lanceolate and acumin- 

 ated. If.? S. Native of Brazil, in the province o? Minas 

 Geraes, on sandstone rocks. Rhexia lychnitoldes, Schrank et 

 Mart. mss. Very like C. hyperlcotdes^ but difltrs in the calyxes 

 being twice the size, and in the ^oy^ers being more crowded. 

 Stamens unknown. Capsule 5 -celled. Seeds small, coclileate. 



-1 

 -A 



leaves ; tube of calyx ovate, longer than the lobes, which are 

 subulate. %A^. Native of South America. Rhexia longi- 

 folia, Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 39. icon. amer. t. 15. 



Long-leaved Chaetogastra. PL 1 to 2 feet? 



« C. Havane'nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 132.) stem almost her- 

 '^aceous ; branches tetragonal, hairy ; leaves petiolate, oval, 

 acuminated, almost quite entire, 5-7-nerved, beset with scat- 

 ^ered villi on both surfaces; panicles axillary, cymose, shorter 

 *an the leaves, alternate ones disposed in a panicled thyrse ; 

 tube of calyx ovate, villous, rather longer than the lobes, which 

 ^fe subulate ; anthers furnished with 2 tubercles at the base. 

 VOL. n. 



smooth. 



Lychnitis4ike Chaetogastra. 



10 C. STACHYOmES (D. C. 



branches tetragonal, hairy; I 



apex 



PL 1 to 3 feet. 



L c.) plant herbaceous, erect; 



ives on short petioles, oblong, 



clothed with adpressed villi ; flowers crowded into verticillate 



oval, hair-formed, hardly distinct. 



npendage 



©. S. Native of Brazil. Rhexia 



Flowers rose-coloured. Five 



stachyoides, Bonpl. rhex. t. 43. 



.r ^i,^ «»»»,^^»a »..^ oltv^/«af withniit auricles at the base 



lective each which ends ii 

 species, according to Bon 



flowers 



5D 



